Praudin Anatoly Arkadevich

Born April 24, 1961, Mr.. Riga. Grandfather - Boris Indrikovich Praudin, director. Honored Artist of the Chuvash ASSR and Honored Artist of Latvia. Founder Riga Spectators, later chief director of the Riga Operetta. Grandmother - Elvira Ansovna Kromberg, Honored Artist of Latvia. Mother - Raina B. Praudina, People's Artist of Latvia. Father - Arkady Fridrikhovich Katz, People's Artist of Latvia, for many years headed one of the best theaters of the USSR - Riga Russian Drama Theater. Wife - Natalia Skorokhod, playwright, author of numerous plays, including "Bdyn" and "Tango writer's" going on the stage of Omsk Drama Theater. In 1986. graduated from the director department of the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography (class of Professor A. Musil). After graduation in 1984-85. worked in the Drama Theater, Mr.. Vladimir, then - in Sverdlovsk TYuZe (1986-1996 gg.), Where he staged, in particular, the play "A man distracted" (poems by S. Ya. Marshak), received the Grand Prix and Diploma of UNESCO at a festival in Greece (1992), All-Russia Press prize for Best Dramatic Season 1992-1993. in Moscow, as well as named the best foreign production of the year at the festival in Warsaw (1994) In 1991 he was awarded the State Prize in literature and art for the play "Alice Through the Looking Glass". Worked in the theater in Riga, Odessa, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Amsterdam. In Petersburg Alexandrinsky Theater staged "Monsieur Georges. Russian drama, "Woe from Wit" and "My Poor Marat" in 1993-1996. In June 1996, Mr.. became the artistic director of the St. Petersburg Spectators. He created the concept of "Theater of infant sorrow" - Analytical Theater for Children. In TYuZe put two performances: "The late demon" after A. Pushkin's Belkin and Humpbacked Horse "for Ershov. Nominee Award "Golden Mask" of the season 1996-1997 he. in the nomination "For Best Director". In June 1998, Mr.. was removed from his post as artistic director of Theater for Young Spectators. A. Bryantseva and together with part of the company created the "Experimental scene" under the roof of the theater "Baltic House". Premiere of the first performance theater - "Crocodile" (based on the story to. Chukovskogo) was held in November 1999. Later, there were delivered performances of Sisyphus and the stone ", which premiered May 20, 2000 in the framework of the international festival" Berlin 2000 "and" Lesson One. Sunday "(June 2001).